Syria 2011

500 days later ... Yesterday, Syria has been rising up for 500 days, and no one has helped. Who would have thought so ?  I used to believe in humanity , now I don't know anymore... Because what's happening in Syria is not a political matter, as medias and politicians seem to believe, it is a  humanitarian matter . People are dying for what we take for granted, in Europe : freedom. Freedom of speech, right to choose, dignity... But it's also a  matter of survival  too, after all these slaughters. And the fact that the fall of the regime would change everything in the region shouldn't matter when people are dying. The fact that selling weapons to Syria makes Russia earn money shouldn't matter when people are dying. So  as humans, we should all be concerned . These are our human brothers, people we could have known, with dreams, families,... I personally am so lucky my close family is still alive, may God protect them. But they lost relatives. A friend of mine lost f

UN Resolution - Résolution de l'ONU The UN  Security Council  met on July 19th to talk about a resolution concerning Syria, which was of course  vetoed again by Russia and China . This is the third time they veto a UN resolution concerning Syria. The following day, the Security Council decided to  extend  the length of the observer mission of one more month. What for ? So that people think they're trying to do something ? If it was useful in helping Syrian people, Russia and China wouldn't let it be. Homs Le  Conseil de Sécurité  de l'ONU s'est réuni le 19 juillet pour se mettre d'accord sur une résolution concernant la Syrie, sur laquelle  la Chine et la Russie ont évidemment mis leur  veto . C'est la troisième fois qu'ils le font. Le jour suivant, le Conseil de Sécurité à décidé de prolonger la mission des observateurs d'un mois. Pourquoi ? Pour que les gens pensent qu'ils essaient de faire quelque chose ? Si cette mission aidait

Support a kickstarter project to go to Syria and document the events (or watch the very graphic video) :  here How I wished I could join...  News - Nouvelles Nawaf Fares, ambassador of Syria to Iraq On July 11, Nawaf Fares, ambassador of Syria to Iraq, announced his  defection . It's a very important defection, because not only was he an ambassador, but he was a very  close friend of the regime . He was not chosen as an ambassador because of his diplomatic carrer (which he doesn't have) but because he was a close relative of the regime members. According to him, he was supposed to go back to Syria and work for the regime when he defected. Good sign,  Assad is apparently loosing even close supporters . But  why do all these people still work for Assad  ? Here's what a shabbiha said : "We love Assad  because he gave us power  and strengh.  If I want to take something, to kill someone, to rape a woman, I have the power to do so . The State pays me 30'000

Petition - Stop sending arms to the Assad regime :  here Douma Testimony of  rape  after the slaughter on June 29th, videos of bodyparts in the garbage... Ibtissam Sardast  : "Do you want freedom ?"... "Ok." Laughters. "We're gonna show you what real freedom is." We were all tied  on the main Square near our houses. Children were there, crying out of fear. Men had been taken to an unkown place. Terrified, we were shouting, calling for help, begging them. Children shouting, screaming, crying. I was shaking out of dread. What do they want, what are they looking for ?... Thirty persons, no, monsters... muscled, hefty, scary... Their looks too were scary. They look like they're going out of a myth where the blue Genie says to his master : "I'm at your service." But they were not this good Genie... they were saying "We're going to show you what freedom is as we're supposed to." They were heavily ar